Binaural bests were first discovered in 1839 by Heinrich Wilhelm Dove. However, Dove didn't realise the full potential of this technology, he merely observed that it occurred. It was another 134 years before Gerald Oster penned an article called "Auditory Beats in the Brain" which was published in Scientific American in 1973.

It was proposed that a binaural beat occurs in the brain if you apply slightly different frequency sine waves independently but simultaneously to...

For the ongoing spiritual journey

There is so much in this hardback with the attractive dustcover that it is difficult to know where to start. The author, James Finley, says what his book is about from his perspective as the writer, and what could be better: "...I am sharing with you what I have learned thus far in my ongoing spiritual journey." For people who see their life as a spiritual journey, even a pilgrimage or travel through the desert, James Finley has written...

Guided imagery meditation and regression are modalities that have been used with more frequency over the past several years and are powerful tools for both transformation and empowerment.

What is guided imagery meditation? Actually, guided meditation is somewhat of a cross between relaxation, hypnosis, and meditation, in which a relaxed state is induced and a deeper level of consciousness is reached, a state somewhere between the waking state and the unconscious or sleep...

Meditation has numerous benefits and one can realize them only after experiencing them. If you can learn meditation you can overcome all your fears and doubts. Fears, confusions, self doubt and lack of confidence are nothing but self generated thoughts which are result of past experiences as well as surroundings. In order to overcome these problems and think beyond these negative thoughts you need to learn meditation. Meditation enables you to control your mind and its thinking process....

Grounding is a very effective process for calming and stabilizing. Grounding connects you with the earth, carrying overpowering negative energies down and away much like a lightning rod. There are many methods for grounding. Try this one daily, as often as you think of it. Even if you don’t “feel” anything while you are doing it notice the difference grounding makes to your overall sense of well-being. Grounding is also an excellent practice whenever you are feeling...

So much said in just 81 pages: prayer, God, silence

The title intrigues me, as does this book by Dom John Main, OSB. The writer, a monk, is telling us about using a word as a prayer to bring us to silence inside that we allow us to pursue and find God. If you are Christocentric, as am I, you will find this a seminal book, so clearly written on meditation and taking ones life into the realms of relationship with God throughout the day.

Not so much a how-to book as a book...

Here's a way to release daily stresses and concerns while establishing inner strength. Or, take it a step further for some inner-explorative experiences.

This technique is not religious and requires no meditation experience.




A Deep Release Meditation

Have a seat anywhere you like, and make yourself comfortable with your back straight and erect, you can cross your legs if you wish. Make sure your environment is fairly quiet...

Meditation can be a very long path. If you are a serious student, you will practice for the rest of your life. Sometimes it takes years to make significant headway. Frequently, students just sit in silence wondering what is supposed to happen... if they do it long enough, eventually the change in consciousness will come. This is why some choose to forsake the rest of the world; this allows them to focus entirely on their inner journey. Of course, there are other ways.

There...

"For a bond of love,/a sufficient account of our offering..."

Massey H. Shepherd, Jr. is a beloved man who wrote a number of books and taught many seminary students at the Graduate Theological Seminary in Berkeley, California. I know this as I know some bare bone facts of this man of faith, this Reverend who was influential and I understand a contributor to the modern "Book of Common Prayer" which Episcopalians use in worship on Sundays and daily life. But I...

Inside every desire there is an incredible gift available regardless of whether or not the desire has come to fruition. You can literally travel through your desires and into a beautiful and expansive reality. This reality becomes easily available by letting go of attachment to getting our desires. We may still want what we want!  But we are not caught in anxiety or need anymore as we go after our goals.  How can we let go of attachment to outcome?  We do it by...